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    SHAKHTAR MANAGER TO MIDFIELDER: LIVERPOOL OR TOTTENHAM A STEP DOWN

    IBTimes.co.uk
    July 2 2013

    Shakhtar Donestsk manager Mircea Lucescu has urged midfielder Henrikh
    Mkhitaryan to reconsider his decision to leave the club this summer.

    The Armenian has attracted interest from the likes of Tottenham,
    Liverpool and Borussia Dortmund but Lucescu believes that he should
    only move to a club which are currently better than the Ukranian
    Champions.

    Shakhtar Manager to Midfielder: Liverpool or Tottenham a Step Down
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    Shakhtar Donestsk manager Mircea Lucescu has urged midfielder Henrikh
    Mkhitaryan to reconsider his decision to leave the club this summer.

    The Armenian has attracted interest from the likes of Tottenham,
    Liverpool and Borussia Dortmund but Lucescu believes that he should
    only move to a club which are currently better than the Ukranian
    Champions.

    "We all helped him. Perhaps even more than all the rest. When he played
    in the championship, I helped him to become the top scorer. If he is
    to join a club that surpasses [Shakhtar], I would understand his wish,"
    Lucescu told Terrikon.

    The manager's comments are viable given that neither Tottenham nor
    Liverpool will play in the Champions League next season and are some
    distance off from challenging for the title in the Premier League.

    Dortmund, in spite of coming second in the Bundesliga finished 25
    points behind eventual winners Bayern Munich but managed to qualify
    for the finals of the Champions League where they lost to their
    Bundesliga rivals.

    Mkhitaryan failed to report for training in the club's summer training
    camp, fuelling rumours of the player's distress at the club. The
    23-year-old was scheduled for a medical at Liverpool but the player
    failed to turn up following certain ownership issues. Shakhtar have
    already rejected a £19.5m bid by Dortmund and are adamant that they
    won't be selling the player for anything less than £25m.

    "I do not want to give comments. It's his decision, his desire. I
    think he is making a big mistake. Shakhtar are a strong club. And
    behind you is always 50,000 fans who will support you. We play as
    a team, which is fighting for the championship each year, as well
    as for the cup and for the Champions League - he has to appreciate
    that. The whole team helped him to show up in the penalty area and
    score," the manager explained.

    "He is very well thought of. There is still time. I just encourage
    him to return to the team and get to work. Nothing happened between
    him and the management, between him and the other players," he added.

    http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/485568/20130702/liverpool-transfer-news-henrikh-makhitaryan-tottenham-shakhtar.htm#

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